Andrei Yakolev’s trip to paint Chukotka in 1963 led to the creation of an entire series of paintings about a little-know people, exotic to us, of the Far North, which is filled with an austere beauty.

Yakovlev Andrei

Yakovlev, Andrei Alexeevich (1934, Moscow - 2012, St Petersburg)
Painter. Studied at a secondary school of art in Moscow (1946–1953), Vasily Surikov Institute of Art (1953–1956) and the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1956–1960). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1961). Winner of the Ilya Repin State Prize (1976). Honoured Artist of Russia (2006). Awarded a gold medal of the Academy of Arts of Russia (2005).